Use this play planner to give your students a head start on writing their own play!

Have students think about each character’s journey with this character-specific beginning, middle, and end story map. Students can complete maps for different characters, then compare and contrast!

Engage kids in reading before they even start! This fun worksheet encourages students to make predictions about what books will be about just by glancing at the cover and contents.

One thing every culture has in common is a set of folk tales and myths, and this coloring series features mythological creatures from all over the world.

Read the poem, then use the template to create puppets for a puppet show.

Will visitors see leprechauns while visiting in Dublin? Tell your researching students to find out with this travel brochure activity!

History buffs, get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about all of our U.S. presidents with a fun matching game!

A screenplay tells the actors what to say, the camera how to move, and much more. These worksheets bring the movie onto the page for your young film buff.

With a simple story featuring an elephant, pig, bear, and more, this little mini book is just right for beginning readers.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Predictions.

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

A cinquain poem is a five line poem that does not rhyme. Your students can read an example of a cinquain poem, then try writing a few of their own.

Did you know there is a shark that's nocturnal? Learn all about the nurse shark with a fun and informative coloring page!

Engage reluctant readers with this fun video game-themed worksheet! Students will share what happened at each point in the book as they advance through each level of the retell game.

Let your young reader review the book as they go with this personalized bookmark. Cut out the bookmark and fold it in half to spice up the reading experience!

With a simple story line and pictures kids can color it, this printable mini book is just the thing to get reluctant readers excited about reading.

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

After reading nonfiction books, encourage students to share what they’ve learned by writing letters to a family member. Students will use this letter template to share the name of the book and a detailed summary of what they learned.

In this reading worksheet, just in time for Halloween, kids can read all about Fred Fisher, the star of Australia's most famous ghost story.

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

For each box, draw one event from this Mother Goose's Treasury poem.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool jellyfish facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Enlist the famous Beatrix Potter in helping your child develop solid reading strategies.

Get mischievous during story time and read the story of "Rumpelstiltskin", abridged for your first grader.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Buzzing Sensory Poems.